Hundreds of bus riders from the Bronx and Upper Manhattan have signed an open letter to Mayor Eric Adams demanding the implementation of a busway on Fordham Road after his administration axed plans to do so following protests from local business owners.
The letter to Adams, organized by the Riders Alliance and sent on Oct. 21, was signed by 540 bus commuters outraged at the administration for abandoning a plan to construct a busway, where car traffic is significantly curtailed.
Busway supporters in the letter clapped back that 86% of visitors to the area arrive on foot or by public transit, arguing that inaction has had consequences.
The city's Department of Transportation (DOT) planned to address this by building a busway on the most congested section of the corridor, hoping to speed up commutes as occurred on 14th and 181st streets in Manhattan.
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